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J. W.- MARTIN 8u M.- GAHILL.

HAND FENCE MACHINE.

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' JEROME W. MARTIN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND MORTIMER CAIIILL,

OF HAYS CITY, KANSAS.

HAND FENCE-MACHINE.

SI'ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,487, datedNovember 22, 1892.

Application filed July 5, 1892. Serial No. 439.076- (NO model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.- Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof on theline 2 Be it known that we, J EEOME W. MARTIN, 2 of Fig. l. residing atKansas City, in the county of Jack- Like letters of reference indicatolike parts son, State of Missouri, and MOETIMER CAHILL, in both views.

5 residing at I-Iays City, in the county of Ellis, Referring now to thedetails of the draw- 55 State of Kansas, citizens of the United States,ings by letter, A designates a metallic ring have invented certain newand useful Imwhich instead of being a closed ring has an provements inWire-Twisting Machines; and opening a, which is preferably diametricallywedohereby declarethat the followingisafull, opposite the point ofattachment of the pole Io clear, and eXactdescription of the same, ref-vor rod upon which it is secured. To adapt it 6o erence being had to theannexed drawings, for attachment to a rod or pole B, (shown by making apart of this specification, and to the dotted lines in Fig. 1,) the ringis formed with letters of reference marked thereon. a lug B', havingopenings or slots h, through This invention relates to certain new andwhich pass the screws or other means C,which useful improvements inwire-twisting maengage the flanges cl of the three-sided clamp 65 chinesof that class in which the wire is to be D, whichis designed to receivethe pole or twisted while strung in position, and is sperod; but othermeans of attachment may be cially adapted to be used for twisting wiresprovided without affecting the other features aboutafence-picket inmakinga slat-and-wire of the device.

zo fence. E is thetraveleror strand carrier or twister. 7o

It has for its objects, among others, to pro- Its outer face conforms tothe curvature of vide an improved construction whereby the the ring andit is provided with anges e, ring or rings may be applied to the wire orwires which embrace the ring and prevent displaceat any point of theirlength after they are ment of the traveler and yet permit of itsstretched, and to further adapt the machine ready sliding around thering when it is de- 75 for use in connection with barbed wires, we siredto twist the wire. This traveleris made provide the ring with an openingfor the purof two like parts oppositely disposed and sepose of allowingits application to the wire at cured detachably together, as by a boltand any desired point, and the strand carrier or nut F, as seen in bothof the views. Each 3o twister is formed with an opening for the part isformed with a coincident slot or pas- 8o passage of the small wire,while it has jaws sage f between the said bolt and the outer for thereception of the stretched wire or wires, face, as shown in bothfigures, and through which may or may not be barbed. One or this passageis designed to be passed the more of these rings is designed to beaflixed small Wire. (Not shown.) The traveler is to a rod or pole aslong as may be desired. formed with a jaw G upon each side, in which 85The machine can be easily worked by any one is designed to be receivedthe longitudinal not skilled in the art. It is durable, not liable wire,which may be barbed or not; but in case to get out of order, can bemanufactured ata barbed wires are employed it will readily be minimumcost, and in practice has proved seen from Fig. l how the jaws areadapted to 4o most efficient for the purposes for which it is holdtheln. 9o intended. The operation will be apparent. The Wires Otherobjects and advantages of the invenare strung through the ring or wheel,the lontion will hereinafter appear, and the novel feagitudinal orbarbed wire passing through one tures thereof will be specically definedby the of the jaws on the traveler and the small wire appended claim.through the hole or passage f in said traveler. 95

The invention is clearly illustrated in the Now by a circular motion ofthe traveler on accompanying drawings, which, with the letthe ring thetraveler will make a twist in the ters of reference marked thereon,formapart wire, carrying the small wire around the of thisspecification, and in whichpicket which is put in between the wires and5o Figurelis aside elevation of our invention. also around the large orlongitudinal wire, 10o

thus tying the picket to the wire. The passage or opening ct in the ringpermits its application to the wire at any desired point in its length.Any desired number of the rings can be placed upon the rod or pole,according to the number of strands in the fence.

What We claim as new is- The combination, with a ringof T shapeincross-section, having an opening a and a clamp to hold a rod, of atraveler of two like parts oppositely disposed and each formed with aange to engage the side of the ring and overlap the edges thereof and ahole for the pas-

